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Originally Posted by MrButtons
Sandman, mind shedding a little light on Hoskins/pointing me to a historical post made about him? Gracias in advance!
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To be honest, I don't know too much about him, and I was as shocked as anyone when we picked him. I would have seen him play at the 2023 World Junior A Challenge, where he led the tournament with 12 points in 6 games, but I didn't give him the proper attention or respect. After we drafted him, I went back and watched some highlights and took note of a few things:
-He's not an elite skater, but he's pretty fast. He's fast enough to outskate a lot of the competition that came to that tourney, and there were plenty of name guys there.
-Hard, heavy shot that can beat goalies from distance.
-He's 6'1", but he looks like a big 6'1" to me, could be my imagination. When he was 15, he got cut from his local team for being too small (he was 5'7", and 125lbs)
-Obviously, he's a hard-working character kid.
https://thehockeynews.com/news/calga...the-2024-draft